.\"
.\" Copyright (C) the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
.\" Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
.\"
.TH AHOST "1" "April 2011" "c-ares utilities"
.SH NAME
ahost \- print the A or AAAA record associated with a hostname or IP address
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ahost
[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIHOST\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
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.PP
Look up the DNS A or AAAA record associated with HOST (a hostname or an
IP address).
.PP
This utility comes with the \fBc\-ares\fR asynchronous resolver library.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-d\fR
Print some extra debugging output.
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-?\fR
Display this help and exit.
.TP
\fB\-t\fR type
If type is "a", print the A record.
If type is "aaaa", print the AAAA record.
If type is "u", look for both AAAA and A records (default).
.TP
\fB\-s\fR server
Set the server list to use for DNS lookups.
.TP
\fB\-D\fR \fIdomain\fP
Specify the \fIdomain\fP to search instead of using the default values from
.br
/etc/resolv.conf. This option only has an effect on platforms that use
.br
/etc/resolv.conf
for DNS configuration; it has no effect on other platforms (such as Win32
or Android).
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to the c-ares mailing list:
.br
\fBhttps://lists.haxx.se/listinfo/c-ares\fR
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
adig(1)
